20 Students named Collegiate Ambassadors

20 Students named Collegiate Ambassadors

INDIANAPOLIS (Tuesday, July 19, 2011/National FFA Organization) – Collegiate FFA, a program of The National FFA Organization, has selected 20 college students to serve as National Collegiate Agricultural Ambassadors for the 2011-2012 school year.
The focus of the program is to develop and implement a sustainable agricultural awareness plan among teachers and students on the local level and share the importance of agriculture. The students, who are currently enrolled in colleges and universities throughout the nation, will deliver presentations to elementary, junior-high and high school classes, community organizations and other groups interested in learning about the agriculture industry. These presentations will focus on food safety and security, current agricultural topics, sound science and sustainable agriculture.
The students will participate in a four-day training seminar in August, in which they will concentrate on enhancing their presentation skills while receiving training on current agriculture issues. The National Collegiate Agricultural Ambassadors program is sponsored by BASF, Syngenta, Elanco Animal Health and the National Pork Board as a special project of the National FFA Foundation.

Adrienne Bradley
Major: Agricultural Business
College: University of California Davis
Career Goal: International Agricultural Business

Catherine Whitney
Major: Animal and Dairy Science
College: Utah State University
Career Goal: Own and operate a farm

Formerly known as Future Farmers of America, the National FFA Organization provides agricultural education to more than 523,000 student members in grades seven through 12 who belong to one of 7,487 local FFA chapters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.